Our approach going forward
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2014 – 2017 – All NHS health and social care providers were inspected
2018 In PMS we have been developing new approaches to the
regulation of primary care
• We will continue to inspect and rate
• The approach will change – all practices will be inspected at minimum
of once every five years
• We will be more focused on the risk areas we identify as well as
focusing on practices where we have identified shortfalls and breaches
of regulations
• Practices will review their service annually and provide this information
to CQC
• However, we know the context is changing – new models of care may
lead to different ways of inspecting and regulating